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by Helene Luise Elisabeth zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prinzessin (1814 - 1858)

Wer einsam steht im bunten Lebenskreise
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Wer einsam steht im bunten Lebenskreise
Und was das Leben teuer macht, verlor,
Wie bebt sein Herz, trifft eine liebe Weise
Aus [ferner]1 Jugendzeit sein horchend Ohr.

Willkommen Töne! Eures Hauches Fächeln
Weckt eine schlummernde Gedankenwelt,
Verweinte Augen lernen wieder lächeln,
Die düst're Stirn ist plötzlich aufgehellt.

Der Zephyr, der in reichen [Blütendüften]2
Des Orients sich [hin- und hergewiegt]3,
Verbreitet Balsamhauch noch in den Lüften,
Wenn schon die Blume welk am Boden liegt.

So lebt, ist auch der Traum des Glücks entschwunden,
Erinnerung im Hauche der Musik;
Ein kleines Lied aus [jenen]4 bessern Stunden
Bringt uns die alte Seligkeit zurück.

Musik, Du Mächtige, vor Dir [entschwindet]5
Der armen Sprache [ausdrucksvollstes]6 Wort;
Warum auch [sagen]7, was das Herz empfindet,
Tönt doch in Dir die ganze Seele fort.

Der Freundschaft Worte haben oft gelogen,
Es täuscht die Liebe durch Beredsamkeit ;
Musik allein hat nie ein Herz betrogen
Und viele tausend Herzen [hocherfreut]8.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Liszt •   C. Loewe 

C. Loewe sets stanzas 1-4

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1 Liszt, Loewe: "früher"
2 Loewe: "Blumendüften"
3 Liszt: "hin und her bewegt" [sic] ; Loewe: "hin und her gewiegt"
4 Liszt: "fernen"
5 Liszt: "verschwindet"
6 Liszt: "seelenvollste"
7 Liszt: "sorgen"
8 Liszt: "hoch erfreut"

Text Authorship:

  • by Helene Luise Elisabeth zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prinzessin (1814 - 1858), "Musik" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Theodor Eisenhauer (1817 - 1867), "Wer einsam steht im bunten Lebenskreise", op. 25 no. 4, published 1865, from In stillen Stunden. 6 Melodien, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Hegar (1841 - 1927), "Hymne an die Musik", op. 2, published 1873 [ large chorus and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Heiser (1816 - 1897), "Musik", op. 6, published 1881, note: Hofmeister has an entry in 1846 for a setting called "Musik" by W. Heilser, also opus 6 (perhaps the same setting) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Die Macht der Musik", S. 302 (1848), published 1848 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Musik", 184-?, published 1899?, stanzas 1-4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • possibly by Rosa Caroline Mathilde Emma Schliewen (1862 - 1938), "Musik", published 1883, note: Hofmeister gives the composer's name as Rosa Schliewen and no information has been yet found indicating that this particular Rosa Schliewen composed music (there is much literary output under the pseudonym "Felicitas Rose" however) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Speyer (1790 - 1878), "Musik", op. 57, published 1846 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 161

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